"salinate" meaning in All languages combined

See salinate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-salinate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: salinates [present, singular, third-person], salinating [participle, present], salinated [participle, past], salinated [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree English saline Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English salinate From saline + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|saline|-ate<pos:verb-forming suffix><id:verb>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English saline Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English salinate [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂tos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ātos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ate", "lang" : "en", "pos" : "verb-forming suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "salinate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="salinate"> From saline + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Head templates: {{en-verb}} salinate (third-person singular simple present salinates, present participle salinating, simple past and past participle salinated)
  1. To add salt to. Derived forms: desalinate, unsalinated Related terms: salination, saline Translations (to add salt): zouten (Dutch), versalzen (German), salizar (Ido)

Inflected forms

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